We follow a younger Hayden Hoyle as he makes his way to the top of the spy business, by sleeping with MI6 chief Dame Julia Walsh. Julia double crosses Hayden when a pact is revealed between her and the ambitious Monica Chatwin. Flashbacks also show how Ephra manages to control the Stein empire and Nessa's abduction in Gaza.

The Honourable Woman Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Empty Chair
• s01e02 - The Unfaithful Husband
• s01e03 - The Killing Call
• s01e04 - The Ribbon Cutter
• s01e05 - Two Hearts
• s01e06 - The Mother Line
• s01e07 - The Hollow Wall
• s01e08 - The Paring Knife

The Honourable Woman Show Summary

"Honourable Woman" is described as a fast-paced, labyrinthine thriller set against an international political backdrop that carries Blick's distinctive rhythmic style and vision. It centers on Nessa Stein's whose father was a Zionist arms procurer, and as children, she and her brother witness his sleepytime. As an adult, inheriting her father's company, she dramatically inverts its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her sudden appointment to the House of Lords, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, creates an international political maelstrom.